Me Rehúso

"Me Rehúso" is a song by Venezuelan singer Danny Ocean. The song was released on 16 September 2016, and was re-released on 16 June 2017 through Atlantic Records, due to its late success in Latin America, Europe and the United States. It is the lead single of his debut studio album 54+1. The success of the song made Danny Ocean a pioneering independent artist to position himself in all the Latin music charts of the platform Spotify.[1][2] As of August 2020, the song's music video, which was released on August 24, 2017, has received over 1.4 billion views on YouTube.[3] On 15 June 2017, an English version titled "Baby I Won't" was released.[4]

"Me Rehúso"
Single by Danny Ocean
Released	16 September 2016
Genre	Dance-pop Latin pop Latin dancehall
Length	3:26
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Daniel Morales
Producer(s)	Danny Ocean
Danny Ocean singles chronology
"Me Rehúso" (2016) "Dembow" (2017)
Music video
"Me Rehúso" on YouTube

Background and release

Ocean recorded the song for an old flame on Valentine's Day. He had moved to Miami to escape the turmoil in his homeland, but the woman he liked, still in college at the time, couldn't come with him. The singer first released the song on YouTube and his main listeners were friends. Then, his manager also showed the song to his wife and Venezuelan TV host Osmariel Villalobos. In June 2017, Ocean inked a deal with Warner Music Group and re-released the song.[5]

Composition

"Me Rehúso" was written by Ocean, It opens "stealthily", with a pair of synthesizers that "vies for one's attention". Their interlocking pattern barely changes, allowing the song to maintain an illusion of stasis. Then, a lone sampled hand drum sound is added around the 40-second mark and a whiff of a reggaeton beat right before one minute has passed; suddenly, Ocean sings in a hungry, scratchy register and multi-tracking his own voice, "transforming his sleek, bare-bones instrumental into a vehicle for a crushing expression of heartache".[5]

Track listings

• Digital download

1. "Me Rehúso" – 3:26

• Digital download – English version

1. "Baby I Won't" – 3:26

• Digital download – English version remix

1. "Baby I Won't (Cean Remix)" – 3:34

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2016–17) Peak position Argentina (CAPIF)[6] 2 Argentina (Monitor Latino)[7] 7 Bolivia (Monitor Latino)[8] 8 Chile (Monitor Latino)[9] 1 Colombia (National-Report)[10] 6 Dominican Republic (Monitor Latino)[11] 16 Ecuador (Monitor Latino)[12] 19 Ecuador (National-Report)[13] 13 El Salvador (Monitor Latino)[14] 8 France (SNEP)[15] 61 Germany (Official German Charts)[16] 67 Italy (FIMI)[17] 5 Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[18] 31 Mexico Streaming (AMPROFON)[19] 1 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[20] 82 Panama (Monitor Latino)[21] 8 Paraguay (Monitor Latino)[22] 5 Peru (Monitor Latino)[23] 2 Portugal (AFP)[24] 5 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[25] 3 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 96 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 34 Uruguay (Monitor Latino)[28] 14 US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[29] 13 US Latin Airplay (Billboard)[30] 15

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Argentina (CAPIF)[31] 2 Argentina (Monitor Latino)[32] 19 Italy (FIMI)[33] 31 Mexico (AMPROFON)[34] 1 Portugal (AFP)[35] 32 US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[36] 28 Chart (2018) Position Argentina (Monitor Latino)[37] 49 El Salvador (Monitor Latino)[38] 83 Portugal (AFP)[39] 25 Chart (2019) Position Portugal (AFP)[40] 250

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[41]	Platinum	20,000^^
Canada (Music Canada)[42]	Platinum	80,000
France (SNEP)[43]	Gold	66,666
Germany (BVMI)[44]	Gold	200,000
Italy (FIMI)[45]	5× Platinum	250,000
Portugal (AFP)[46]	2× Platinum	20,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[47]	8× Platinum	320,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[48]	Platinum	30,000
United States (RIAA)[49]	13× Platinum (Latin)	780,000
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Version	Format	Label
Various	September 16, 2016	Original release	N/A	N/A
	June 15, 2017	English version	Digital download streaming	Atlantic Records
	June 16, 2017	Re-release
	November 10, 2017	Cean Remix (English version)

See also

• List of number-one songs of 2017 (Mexico)

References

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